Liam Neeson’s comments about wanting to murder a black person have seen him attacked on all sides.

But Michelle Rodriguez has leant her voice to the small number of people standing by the veteran actor, insisting he cannot be racist because of his performance in last year’s critically acclaimed movie Widows.

In the film, he plays the husband of Viola Davis character Veronica, and the two take part in raunchy sex scenes.

Speaking on the red carpet at the amFar gala on Wednesday night, Michelle insisted this meant Liam could not be racist.

‘It’s all f**kin’ bulls*it. Liam Neeson is not a racist,’ the Fast And The Furious star told Vanity Fair. ‘Dude, have you watched Widows? His tongue was so far down Viola Davis’s throat.

‘You can’t call him a racist ever. Racists don’t make out with the race that they hate, especially in the way he does with his tongue—so deep down her throat.

‘I don’t care how good of an actor you are. It’s all bulls**t. Ignore it. He’s not a racist. He’s a loving man. It’s all lies.’

Outspoken: Michelle Rodriguez was speaking on the red carpet at the amFar gala in New York on Wednesday night

Defense: Michelle is convinced Neeson has been wrongly criticized for his remarks

While Neeson and Davis do engage in sexual activity in the movie Widows, his character also attempts to kill hers in one of the film’s final scenes.

Neeson, 66, when he talked to British newspaper The Independent about the theme of revenge in his new movie Cold Pursuit.

The Irish actor said he roamed the streets looking for a ‘black b*stard’ to hurt after someone close to him was raped.

Explaining his comments further after the backlash, he said: ‘We were doing a press junket and the topic of our film is revenge.

‘It’s a dark comedy, but its basis is revenge. The lady journalist asked me how I tapped into that.

Shocking remarks: Twitter users have called for a boycott of Neeson’s films as a result of his comments; Neeson is seen here in New York in October

‘I remembered an incident nearly 40 years ago where a dear friend of mine was brutally raped. I was out of the country. When she came back she told me about this and she handled the situation herself with incredible bravery, I have to say that.

‘I had never felt this feeling before, which was a primal urge to lash out.

‘She said he was a black man. After that, there were some nights I went out deliberately into black areas in the city looking to be set upon so that I could unleash physical violence, and I did it for four or five times until I caught myself on.

‘It shocked me, this primal urge I had. It shocked me. It hurt me.’

Neeson has said he sought counselling to resolve his feelings.

Rodriguez is not the only one defending Neeson, with actress Whoopi Goldberg also insisting her friend is not racist.

The 63-year-old said while she has ‘been around a lot of real bigots’, she doesn’t count the Taken star as one.

Speaking on The View she said: ‘People walk around sometimes with rage, that’s what happens. Is he a bigot? No.

‘I’ve known him a pretty long time, I think I would have recognised, I’ve been around a lot of real bigots. I can say this man is not one.

‘Not a bigot’: Whoopi Goldberg defended Neeson, saying she would know if he were racist

‘You can’t be surprised that somebody whose loved one is attacked is angry and wants to go out and attack.

‘What he did go on to say… is that he realized that it was too dark for him, he went and got himself help.’

Twitter users have called for a boycott of Neeson’s films as a result of his comments.

The red carpet at Cold Pursuit’s New York premiere was abruptly cancelled on Monday due to the controversy.